Kiwis set to lose Marshall to injury

New Zealand playmaker Benji Marshall is in serious doubt for next Friday night's Test against Australia in Canberra due to a toe injury.

Marshall suffered the injury in the first half of the Wests Tigers' 26-12 loss to Melbourne on Monday night and left AAMI Park in a moon boot.

The 28-year-old was booked in for scans on Tuesday afternoon, as some reports suggested Marshall could be missing for as long as three months.

Marshall looks unlikely to line up against the Kangaroos in Canberra, as the Kiwis attempt to break their five-match losing streak to the hosts.

Meanwhile, the Tigers may also be without Adam Blair and Bodene Thompson, with both facing one-match suspensions after incidents in the Storm encounter.

Blair was charged on Tuesday with dangerous contact for putting "unnecessary leg pressure" on the Storm's Kevin Proctor.

And Thompson is charged with dangerous contact on a kicker for a tackle on Gareth Widdop.

The points for Blair's charge does not allow him to escape suspension with an early guilty plea, while Thompson's 80 carry-over points also prevent him avoiding a ban unless cleared at a judiciary hearing.

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